INDEX. 



657 



Eachias, embassy to Claudius, i. 556. 

 BaduUa, star-fish, i. 244. 



sea-slugs, holothuria, i. 243. 



parasitic worms, ib. 



pJanaria, ib. 



acalephcB, i. 246. 



Eailroads in Ceylon, ii. 176 n. 

 Eain, its volume in Ceylon, i. 60, 63. 



curious instance of, at Pusilawa, i. 6. 



annual fall of, in Ceylon, i. 64. 



as compared with India, i. 65. 



at Colombo, i. 63 n. 



at Kandy, i. 66. 



at Galle, i. 67 n. 



Eaja-kariya, its origin, i. 366, 369, 427. See 

 Aborigines. 



right of priests to, i. 365. 



Eaja-ratta. See Pihiti. 



Eajaratnacari, i. 521. 



Eaja Singha I., wars with Portuguese,, ii. 17. 



besieges Colombo, ii. 19. 



dies, ii. 21, 22. 



Eaja Singha II., his arrogance and titles, ii. 



45 11, 49. 



at war with the Dutch, ii. 60. 



E.aja-Singha (Wickrema), treachery of his adi- 



gar, ii. 76. 



his savage character, ii. 87. 



his awful barbarities, ii. 88. 



is deposed and banished, ii. 90. 



Eaja-tarangini, a history of Cashmir, i. 315 7i ; 



447 11. 

 Bajavah, i. 521. 



Eajawanny, i. 103. See Orchids. 

 Bakshasis, i. 334. 

 Eakshyos, i. 340. 



Ealeigfa, SirW., spicy breezes of the Antilles, i. 4w. 

 Eamayana, i. 313. 

 Bambodde. See Eangbodde. 

 Eambutan, fruit of, i. 120 ; ii. 115. 



origin of the name, ii. 115 w. 



Eamiseram, the island, its wells, i. 21 n. 



the Coliacum of Pliny, ii. 549. 



the temple, ii. 550. 



Eamusio, error as to Sumatra, i. 10. 

 Eangbodde, ii. 259. 



General Eraser's estate, ib. 



gregarious spiders at, ii. 260. 



Eatan, i. 106. 

 Eat-snake, i. 149. 



domesticated, i. 193. 



Eaynal, Abbe', ii. 8 n. 

 Rebellion of 1848, its causes, ii. 569. 

 Records, Portuguese and Dutch, lost, Introd. 

 xxvii 



spoken of by Valentyn, 1663, ib. 



Eegio Cinnamomifera of Africa, i. 8, 9. 

 Reinaud : — 



ancient shippins; of India, i. 588. 



describes the Veddalis, i. 593. 



on the elephant, ii. 381 n. 



Kemusat, i. 528 n. 



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Reptiles of Ceylon described by Dr. Davy, 

 Introd. xsxii. 



lizards, iguana, i. 182. 



cobra-tel, poison, i. 183 n. 



blood suckers, i. 183. 



chameleon, i. 184. 



ceratophora, i. 185. 



gecko, anecdotes of, ib. 



crocodile, anecdotes of, i. 186. 



tortoises, i. 188. 



parasites of the tortoise, i. 189. 



turtle, said to be poisonous, ib. 



hawk's-bill turtle, ib. 



cruel mode of taking tortoise-shell, i. 190. 



snakes, few poisonous, i. 191. 



cobra de capello, i. 192. 



nropellis, i. 195. 



ccecilia, i. 201. 



frogs, i. 202. 



tree frogs, ib. 



list of Ceylon reptiles, i. 203. 



troublesome at Colombo, ii. 153. 



at Kandy, ii. 202. 



Eest-houses, i. 493, ib. n. 

 Eevenue, ancient sources of, i. 497. 



modern sources of, ii. 162. 



Eevolutions, ready submission of the people 



after, i. 360 n, 423. 

 Rhododendron, i. 90, 92. 

 Eibeyro, his life, i. 80 n. ; ii. 4, 43 n. 



recent publication of his original MS., 



ii. 5 n. 



curious map, ib. 



error as to areca, ii. 27 n. 



describes dignified conduct of Singhalese 



chiefs, ii. 25. 



statement as to Raja Singha, ii. 46 n. 



Eice, when first cultivated, i. 138 n., 437. 

 Rice-lands, formed into terraces, i. 26, 435. 



process of " assoedamising" \. 26 n., 435. 



different modes of cultivation in the south, 



and in the north of Ceylon, i. 27. 



tax on, objectionable, ii. 169, 170 n. 



rice cultivation at Jafi'na, ii. 531. 



Rilawa monkey, i. 129. 

 Eivadencyra, ii. 5. 

 Rivers of Ceylon, i. 40. 



course and drainage of the principal, i. 41. 



smaller rivers, i. 42. 



navigable rivers, ib. 



lands near, unhealthy, i. 43. 



few rivers bridged, ib. 



Roads opened to Kandy, ii. 95. 



extent of, in Ceylon, ii. 120. 



Robertson, Hist. India, i. 579. 



Robes, priests'. See Priests. 



Robin, the Indian, i. 163. 



Rocks of Ceylon, chiefly primitive, i, 15. 



tertiary, very rare, i. 19. 



Rodiyas, an infamous race, ii. 187. 



their origin and habits, ii. 188. 



" A Rogue," ii. 304. See Klephant. 



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